Home >> Recreation >> Humor >> Wordplay >> Personalities and Commentaries Words and Stuff An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay. Author's Defense Claims that Jonathan Swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to "adjust" the story. Commentary on Puns James Merrill's overview on punning. Examples of Tropes in Puns Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis. The Pun FAQtory Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns. Punch Puns Historical commentary on this famous British magazine's punning in 1841-2. Contains punnish lithographs as examples. Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members. The Atrium A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works. Confessions Of A Humorist Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry. Lowest Form of Wit Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
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